Supercoiled filaments propel them all.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2022.08.016.
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Abstract
In this issue of Cell, Kreutzberger and colleagues report the near-atomic-resolution, cryo-EM structures of the supercoiled filaments of both bacterial and archaeal motility machines. Despite the lack of homology, the supercoiled filament structures reveal shared fundamental features of prokaryotic locomotion and represent a prime example of convergent evolution.
Medical subject headings
- Archaea
- Cytoskeleton